A young choreographer often gets hung up on thinking they have to have all the answers. As a choreographer ages, they realize that they're more of a …

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

All people share the same desire to be treated equally. We all go through similar emotional journeys from love to hate, rejection to acceptance. I th…

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

I think one of the biggest limitations for an artist is not being able to dream a golden dream. We're always saying, "Oh, we can make do with this," …

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

As a child I always loved traditional Korean masked dances. There is something magical about a mask because we all wear or hide behind a metaphoric m…

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

I don't understand choreographers who say they don't care about the audience or that they would be happy to present their works non-publicly. I think…

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

From person's movement patterns I can tell a lot of things: if pain is in the body, whether someone is depressed, what age they are. When you see som…

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess

A dance feels finished to me when I suddenly see this moment in the movement that feels like closure and makes me want to cry. And then I'll realize,…

- Dana Tai Soon Burgess